An aerial photo of the atomic cloud rising over Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. (US Library of Congress) The world changed ...

On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is now a museum exhibit.

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural ...

Japan on Thursday marked 75 years since the world’s first atomic bomb attack, which killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and left many more deeply traumatised and even stigmatised. A second bomb ...

On August 6, 1945 — 81 years ago — the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

HIROSHIMA—An American man whose uncle died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima visited for the first time this year, retracing ...

Hiroshima marked the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing as Mayor Kazumi Matsui denounced nuclear deterrence and war. The memorial sharpened scrutiny of Japan's nuclear principles and survivors' ...

Hiroshima on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with its mayor criticizing major powers for waging wars a ...

On Aug 6, 2026, Hiroshima Day is marked to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing, pay tribute to the victims, honour survivors, and promote peace and nuclear disarmament ...

On the morning the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, resident Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a Methodist minister, was on his way out of town transporting a handcart of items to a ...

Japan this week marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed over 200,000 people and left many more deeply traumatised and even stigmatised. Here are ...